Wednesday 12th March 2025
Stansfeld v Erith & Belvedere
Presence & Co Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division
7.45pm kick off
The Artic Stadium, Middle Park Ave, Eltham, SE9 5HP

Following our return to winning ways we are on the road as we travel down to Eltham to face Stansfeld

Here are all the details for tomorrow's game.

Admission Prices
£8 - Adults
£5 - Concessions
Free - Under 16's

Match Officials
Referee: Thomas Amber
Assistant Referees: Andrew Stanford & Ronald Albert

Getting to the Game
By Car
(From A20 Kent)
Sidcup bypass to ‘Big Yellow Storage’ roundabout. Take last exit (back on yourself), then 1st left onto Eltham Palace Rd. 1st left onto Middle Park avenue. Badgers Sports on left.

(From A2 Kent)
To A205 exit, left onto Westhorne Avenue, to ‘Yorkshire Grey’ MacDonalds roundabout. 2nd exit onto Middle Park avenue. Badgers Sports on right.

By Public Transport
Closest National Rail Stations are Kidbrooke (Bexleyheath Line) or Lee (Sidcup Line)

From Kidbrooke - It is about a 25 minute walk to the ground through the Kidbrooke Village and Sutcliffe Park or you can get the B16 bus and get off at Yorkshire Grey McDonalds

From Lee - Take the 160 bus getting off at the Yorkshire Grey McDonalds

You can also get the B16 bus from the Acclaim Handling Community Stadium getting off at the Yorkshire Grey McDonalds.

The Opposition
Club Name: Stansfeld FC
Ground: The Artic Stadium, Middle Park Ave, Eltham, SE9 5HP
Distance from Park View Road (Round Trip): 7.8 miles
Colours: Yellow & Blue
Manager: Billy Shinners
Last Season: 18th

History
Stansfeld, Oxford and Bermondsey Club formed in 1897, when Dr John Stansfeld,
an Oxford graduate, visited Bermondsey and seeing the poverty decided to form the
Club to keep the waifs and strays off the streets. At one time the organisation ran
five Clubs in the Docklands, Southwark and Bermondsey areas, when the population
was far greater than it is today.

Thankfully the need is not as great today. The Club's headquarters are now to be
found in Webb Street, Bermondsey, where over 200 members enjoy various
sections, i.e. football, golf, snooker, athletics, circuit training and drinking. Currently
the club fields four football teams on a Saturday, one in the SCEFL First Division and
two in the Kent County League and a Vets team in the Southern Veterans Football
League; as well as two youth sides in the Kent Youth League on a Sunday.
In 1958 Stansfeld joined Division Two of the Western Section of the Kent County
League and went on to win the division at the first attempt, as well as the Division
Two Challenge Cup. The club were promoted into the Premier Division, skipping
Division One. They were Premier Division runners-up and won the Premier Division
Cup in 1961–62. They went on to win back-to-back Premier Division titles in 1962–
63 and 1963–64 before being promoted to the Senior Division, in which they were
runners-up in 1964–65.

Stansfeld finished as Senior Division runners-up again in 1969–70, but were later
relegated to the Premier Division, which they won for a third time in 1977–78. They
were Senior Division runners-up in 1980–81 before winning the division in 1984–85.
They were league champions again in 1986–87 and then won back-to-back titles in
1988–89 and 1989–90, before finishing as runners-up in 1990–91. When the league
was reorganised in 1992 the club were placed in the Premier Division.

Stansfeld were Premier Division champions in 1994–95 and runners-up in 2002–03.
Despite finishing fourth in 2006–07 the club were relegated to Division One West.
However, they were runners-up in the division in 2007–08, earning an immediate
promotion back to the Premier Division. The club won the Premier Division for a
second time in 2009–10 and subsequently finished as runners-up in 2011–12 and
2014–15. In July 2016 Stansfeld took over Southern Counties East League Division
One club Eltham Palace. The team continued playing under the Eltham Palace name
until the end of the 2016–17 season, when they adopted the present name
Stansfeld.

In the 2016-17 season Stansfeld finished in 15th place before improving to 13th for
the 2017-18 campaign. Another improvement occurred in 2018-19 as the side
finished 8th while in 2019/20 we were joint 4th when the coronavirus pandemic came
along and ended football for the season.
Covid again cut short the 2020/21 campaign; however, it was a record year for the
club as they entered the FA Cup for the first time in their history and making it into
the Second Round (Proper) of the FA Vase.

Head to Head
Played: 9
Deres: 5
Draws: 3*
Stansfeld: 1
Dears Goals: 22
Stansfeld Goals: 12
* One draw followed by a penalty shootout win

Last Meeting
10/09/2024 - SCEFL Premier Division
Deres 2 - Aderonmu 47' Davis-Whitlock 90'
Stansfeld 1 - Alhassan 51'